Technological meltdown – is it inevitable?

Technological meltdown – is it inevitable?: "Throughout history there have been plenty of scare stories about some Armageddon type disaster befalling the earth and affecting us all, however, so far we’ve been all right haven’t we? This latest perceived threat though is somehow more terrifying than all the others. Why? Because it is so very real!

What we’re talking about here is technological meltdown, not from viruses or hackers, not from some software glitch like the infamous Y2K fiasco, but from something over which we have absolutely no control. The sun!

Solar storms are nothing new, they’ve been happening since the day dot, but nowadays we’re much more vulnerable to the effect of solar radiation because of the explosion of new technologies heavily reliant on satellites and communications systems.

Right now the sun is starting to wake up from a bit of a rest and is due to reach its peak around 2013. What we can expect in the lead up to that date are more and more solar storms increasing in intensity with the potential to knock satellites out of action and even out of orbit, to kill communications systems and GPS signals, and basically put out the lights around the world."